Well-bucket.



PATENTED APR. 2, 1907,

' J F. HOLMAN. WELL BUGKFR APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 2s. 1905.

and it consist-s substantially in the improveinvention is to overcome the above-inen- UNrirnn seres .i FRANK HOLMAN, 'OF NEOSHG, MISSOUR, ASSIGNOR GF ONE-HALF T0 ANDREW VlNSON TURNER, 0F NEUSHO, MlSSOURi.

WELL-EUGKET..

Specification or" Letters Patent.

Patented April il, 190'?.

Application filed June 23,1905. Serial No. 266,571.

To @ZL whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I., J l41 RANK HOLMAN, a citizen oi' the United 'Si/etes, and a resident of Neoslio, in the county of Newton and State of Missouri, have invented anew and Improved vi/Vell-laueliet, oi which the follow-I ing is a ull, clear, end exactdeseription. v

This invention relates to buckets for wells;

ments hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the construction or formation of ordinary drilled wells it is usual in n'ntny instances to provide the weil with e casing or lining generally constructed of superposed sections which are successively driven into the well after the latter has been drilled. To draw or lift water from a drilled well-thus lined within ithas been common to employ suitable buckets' which are lowered within the casingr or liningA in e. manner well understood. A diiiiculty encountered in lowering the buckets within the well hns been the tendeney'o the former to eeteh or strike upon the joints of the sections of the easing or lining thereof -and which (owing to the unevenness of the joints of the sections ci the casing or lining) frequently renders it very laborious to either properly' lower bucket Within the well or raise the same therefrom with its contents. l

One of the principal objee'ts of the present tioned disadvantage, es well as others irequently niet with in the use of many drilledwell buckets hitherto devised, and also to rr-Ovide a bucket oi' this character which is Asimple in construction and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, besides being thoroughly eil'ectivc and reliable for its purposes and possessing the capacity for long and repeated service.

The above and additional objects are at- .tained by meanssubstantially such as are illustrated 1u the :iecompmiyinnr drawings,

similar characters oi reference indicate cor- 'roslponding ports in. both views.

ligure 1 1s a vertical sectional View of a drilled-well bucket embodyingr my improvements; and Fig. 'l is an enlarged horizontal l sectional viewtherco'f, taken on tho lim. 'l 2.

Before proceeding.; with a more detailed description it may be stated that in. the'iorn of my im rovernents herein shown i eniploy e dril ed-Weli bucket of special construe-- tion .at each of its ends, by which the serine is prevented from encountering any part or ports of the joints between the superposed sections of the lining ol? e well, either in lowering the bucket within or elevating' the ssa-roe from the well; end wh ile l. have herein shown my improvements in a certain. prevlcrred embodiment it will be understood, of course, that l ain not limited thereto in procise detail, since inmutterial changes may be resorted to coming within the scope of my invention. it may be here mentioned that in the use oi many former drilled-well buckets it has been common in some instances to apply to the lower end thereof a separate cone-shaped device, by-whieh to prevent the bucket from exicounttring;` portions of the joints of the lining,r oi" the well; but this has proven en expensive exiedient, since the seid separate cone-shaped device frequently becomes lost 'ithin the Well on. the loweringr of the bucket, so that the use oi the saine has really proven more of a disadvantage than otherwise.

My improved drilled-well bucket is constriuztcd entirely oi' a single ieee ol' metal or other suitable material ampie ol" such form et each of its ends as to enable the same to be lowered and raised within the well without any hindrance or obstruction thereto.

Reference being had vto the dra'wii'igs by the designating characters thereon, 1 represents my improved drilled-well bi1clmt,wl1icli is preferably constructed oi' galvanized mnterial, but which, of ctnirsc, may be constructed of any suitable sheet metal for the purpose, the bucket being oi' proper dimensions both as to length and diameter thereof'. l form the same upon a suitable mandrel, and alter the longitudinal edges have been properly brought together i. reduce euch end portion thereof to substantially the lorm of a i'rustum of a cone (indicated et und o) thc base of which lies or is loc-ated at a suitable distance from the adjacent open end oi' the lmcket. To impart this form to cach end portion of the bucket, itis essential that the material thereof be corrugated or iluted crcumicrentinliy, is will be apparent, and this l accomplish by the use ol' suitable coperating corrugeting or flutino dios (not shown) having the desired teperet or conical coniiguration.

Secured to the corrugated end portion 2 et the upper end of the bucket at -1 are the ends of abail 5, to which attachment is inside of the lower end of the cable or rope employed lor lowering end raising the vbucket within the Well, and iittingin the end of the lower corrugated end portion 3 of the bucket inathoroughly water-tight manner is a plug or block 5 ol. Wood or :my other suitable mate rial provided with a central opening 6, through which Works the stein 7 of a lifteble valve 8, said stein being guided in its. Inoveinents by a spider 9, scoured at l0 to the lower face of the said block 5, e suitable stop 1l being applied at the lower end of the stein to li niit tbe upward movement of' the letter und the seid val ve S, with which it is connected. The }'nu'ticulzir iorni of this valve is not essential to niy improvements; but it will be understood that', ns shown, Awhenever the bucket is lowered within the well for the purpose ol raising water therefrom seid valve 8 will be lifted by Contact of the lower end of the stein 7 with the surface of the Water Within the Well, thereby permitting the interior of the bucket to become filled, whereu )on the bucket may be raised or elevated in t ie ordinary wey.

vIt will be seen that, d ue to the conical forinationof the sides ol theend portions of the bucket, the edges ateach end of the'bucket ere not liable to enofninter or be eauggli upon g5 c lindrionl hollow bod T hawiiin"(tormented ,5'

y 3 a n conical ends,'el bail vsecured to the upper conl ical end of the body, e conicalv and l'langelws wooden plugseeured wetentiglit in the louer conical end of the body with its lower fue@ flush with the seid end, seid plug .having e 5 single opening centrally located, e spider re moviibly secured to the lower fece of the plugY over the opening thereof, end a, velveedepten to seat on the inner face of 'the plug over the opening thereof and heaving-'a sten-i of less 5 diameter than the opening of'tlie'plug and extending through the said opening and thev spider and provided et its lower end with e stop, substantially es hereiii shown sind described. j y

In testimony whereof` I havesignd'iny naine to this Specification inthe presente of two subscribing witnesses.

J FRANK l'lLMAN.

Witnesses: i

R. M. Snnrrnnn, BARTON J. Monnow, Jr v 

